This is my first Naruto fanfic published on , I've been reading some neglected Naruto fanfics, but I decided to do something my way, tomorrow I'll publish this fanfic on Wattpad, in English and Spanish, At the end of the chapter I'll clarify some things about this story, the characters and this universe, I'm using google translate because I'm not good at English, so sorry if some words or sentences are weird.
"Konoha-gakure... I really hate this place..." said a young man, he had tanned skin, red hair, blue eyes, his face would make many girls fall in love immediately, he wore a black, sleeveless shirt, which left his muscular arms with visible scars, comfortable gray pants that allowed good movement, and black sandals, he carried a katana at his waist, and a backpack on his back.
"Are you sure you want to do this, dear?" asked a young girl, she had fair and well-groomed skin, long purple hair tied up, she had beautiful light blue eyes, she wore a black sleeveless shirt, a purple skirt (with black shorts underneath) and black boots, her body would make many girls her age, (and most women) jealous.
"Really, there's still time to change our minds. There are other villages for us to join," said another girl. Her skin was clear, almost pale. She had white hair and blood-red eyes. She was wearing a white, sleeveless shirt that showed off her cleavage. She was wearing a red skirt (also with black shorts underneath) and black sandals.
"No, even though I hate this place and want to destroy everything... it has to be here," said the boy before entering the village.
Meanwhile, in a house, Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze was cooking, happy because today would be a big day, the day her children would graduate from the ninja academy.
"Good morning, Okaa-san!" said a girl. She looked a lot like Kushina. The same skin tone, the same red hair, the same eye color, but she had 3 marks on each cheek. She was wearing a red sleeveless shirt, black pants that reached her knees, and black sandals. This is Mito. Uzumaki Namikaze, Kushina's youngest daughter.
Kushina smiled when she saw her daughter.
"Good morning Mito-chan, ready for your big day?" Kushina asked with a smile.
"I'm more than ready! I'll do better than my brothers, dattebane!" Mito exclaimed smiling.
"I wouldn't be so sure my dear sister, I'm the one who'll be the best in the academy" said a boy smiling confidently, he had spiky red hair, blue eyes, he wore a black shirt, a white jacket, blue pants, and blue sandals, and just like Mito had marks on his face, this is Menma, Kushina and Minato's third son.
Mito upon hearing this smiled "You're quite confident Menma, it doesn't even seem like Sasuke-kun kicked your ass three days ago and said "you're weak compared to those I really want to defeat"" Mito teased.
Menma stopped smiling and became irritated when he remembered what had happened three days ago. He had challenged Sasuke Uchiha. The two had been rivals since they started the academy. Both had shown that they were very talented. However, in the last few months, Sasuke had begun to show a noticeable improvement. He seemed to have started training much more intensely. Menma challenged him to a taijutsu fight to show that he was stronger, but he ended up being defeated in front of all the students at the academy. Menma became irritated and approached his sister. "He was lucky!" "Yes, yes, keep believing that," Mito said, smiling. Before the two could continue arguing, a voice interrupted. "You two are always fighting, dattebatsu..." It was a blonde girl with blue eyes and marks on her face like Menma and Mito. She was wearing an orange shirt, a black vest, gloves, a black skirt, and black boots. This is Natsumi, Mito and Menma's older sister. "She's the one who started it, dattebashi!" Menma defended herself by pointing at Mito.
"Alright, alright, stop fighting, you have to eat now, and get ready for the exam." Kushina scolded Mito and Menma.
Menma and Mito looked at each other, groaned and walked away, Natsumi sighed, and everyone sat down.
"... why do I feel like we're forgetting something?" Kushina wondered.
Meanwhile, the fourth hokage, Minato Namikaze, was having a conversation with three young men.
"So... are you sure about this? You haven't attended any classes?" Minato asked.
Curious and a little suspicious of the three mysterious young men who had appeared asking to become ninjas, taking the graduation exam, Minato realized that the three were definitely not normal.
"Yes, hokage-sama, our skills are more than necessary, we may not have had any classes at the ninja academy, but we have trained intensely for years" said the purple-haired girl.
Minato thought for a moment, the three were strangers, they were young, but they seemed strong, he didn't know if it would be safe to let them take the exam, especially if they run the risk of becoming ninjas, they could be spies for some village, he thought a little more until he made up his mind.
"Very well, you can take the exam" Minato said as he wrote on some papers and handed them to the three young people "Give this to the teacher, the exam will start in an hour"
"Thank you very much Hokage-sama" said the white haired girl smiling.
Minato noticed that the red haired young man was staring at him, and for a second Minato realized that he had hatred and resentment... who could he be?
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"Bye Okaa-san!" said Mito.
"Bye kids!" said Kushina.
The three were going to the academy, they still had time, but they wanted to get there as soon as possible, so they could talk to their friends, get ready, and not risk being late.
After not being able to see her children Kushina said "They grow up so fast... I really feel like I'm forgetting something... Well it can't be important" said Kushina as she entered the house.
Meanwhile, in one of the rooms of the house there was a boy sleeping, this boy, was blond, had marks on his face, he was a little short for his age, he was wearing gray pajamas, and a cap on his head, he was lying on his messy bed while drooling.
"AHHHHH I WILL NOT PLAY ROCK PAPER SCISSORS WITH YOU WITH THE FINGER THAT WAS POKING YOUR NOSE!" shouted the desperate boy after a horrible nightmare.
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"oh, it was a dream" the boy realized.
This is Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, the protagonist of this story... who took almost 1000 words to be introduced.
Naruto stood up "what day is it today..."
Naruto stood up and looked at his calendar, and realized it was graduation day.
"cool, finally the day has arrived... wait what time is it?" Naruto wondered.
Naruto went to his bedroom window and noticed the position of the sun, and saw several academy students heading there to take the exam.
"Wait... did I oversleep?! Why didn't my alarm clock wake me up?!" Naruto exclaimed worried and confused.
Then he looked to the corner of his room and saw his broken alarm clock.
"Oh, that's right, I broke it," Naruto said realizing what he had done.
The three mysterious people were walking through Konoha, heading towards the ninja academy.
"This place seems so peaceful and pleasant," said the purple-haired girl.
"Yes, but we know very well that this place has many dark secrets," said the white-haired girl.
The red-haired boy was quiet.
"What's wrong, dear?" asked the purple-haired girl.
"I feel a mysterious presence in this place... something powerful and unusual," replied the red-haired boy seriously.
"I doubt there's anyone in this village who's stronger than you," said the purple-haired girl smiling.
"I'm late! Get out of the way!"
The three had to get out of the way, because a blond boy wearing an orange outfit ran past, while holding a loaf of bread.
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"This village is full of weirdos," the three thought.
But the red-haired boy felt a strange sensation for a second when the boy dressed in orange passed by him, was it... fear?
Naruto managed to get to the academy, after realizing that he had slept too much he became desperate, got dressed as quickly as he could, putting on his orange outfit (which many said was ugly, but Naruto didn't care) and green pilot goggles on his forehead, went quickly to the kitchen, grabbed some bread and ran to the academy, almost colliding with three people that Naruto found strange, but he got there in time, opened the classroom door.
"I'm here!" exclaimed the blond, happy for not being late, something that was rare.
The students looked at Naruto for a moment before someone said.
"Congratulations Naruto, you arrived 10 minutes before it started, too bad it won't change the result" said Kiba Inuzuka smiling (I'm not going to describe the appearance of the canon characters all the time).
Naruto was far from being the smartest student, the one with the best chakra control, the one with the best grades, the most responsible, or the most handsome-
"I think you get the idea"
So most of the students didn't believe he would be able to pass the graduation exam and become a ninja, with the exception of two people, one of them was a girl who stared at Naruto since he entered the room.
"I-I... I know you'll be able to be a ninja Naruto-kun..." Hinata Hyuuga whispered softly while blushing.
Naruto who didn't hear Hinata decided to sit down, he sat next to Sakura Haruno who was sitting next to Sasuke Uchiha (much to Ino Yamanaka's unhappiness and anger) and waited for Iruka-sensei to arrive.
15 minutes later...
Iruka hadn't arrived yet, that was strange. Iruka was rarely late or absent, and being late on an important day didn't seem like something he would do.
"Hey, what happened to Iruka-sensei? He's taking a while," Naruto asked.
"Naruto, would you calm down? It's only been 5 minutes, I saw him at the academy when I arrived, he probably went to do something related to the tests and ended up taking a little longer than expected, be more patient, he'll show up," Sakura said, irritated by Naruto's lack of patience.
At that moment, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura had the feeling that they would soon need to be very patient with people who were late.
"Last year, wasn't the test just about making a clone?" Naruto asked, confused.
"Yes, but they're not always the same tests, usually something surprising," Sakura explained.
"And what could it be?" Naruto asked.
Sakura sighed at having to answer Naruto's questions constantly "I don't know, it could be anything, taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu or throwing kunai and shurikens"
"I hope it's taijutsu" Naruto said nervously.
Naruto wasn't good at ninjutsu... or genjutsu... or throwing kunai... or taijutsu-
"They already figured it out"
But over a year ago Naruto started doing some training that made him strong, something that could make up for his lack of technique and ninja skills.
"You know there's more to ninja than just punching things, right?" Sakura asked.
At that moment the door opened and Iruka Umino walked in.
"Iruka-sensei... is he alive?" Naruto said in surprise.
"Of course I'm alive! I was only 7 minutes late because of the new students!" Iruka exclaimed.
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"New students?" All the students asked.
"Yes, today we will have three new students joining us," Iruka said calmly.
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"New students?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Iruka replied.
"On the last day of school?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," Iruka replied.
"Are you saying that three strangers will simply enter the academy on the last day, just to take the graduation exam, and have a chance of passing and graduating like us, who have been studying, training, and listening to your boring speeches for years?" Sakura asked to be sure.
"Yes," Iruka replied.
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"Wait, boring speeches?"
"That's so unfair!" Sakura exclaimed, indignant, and many students agreed.
"That was the Hokage's decision, if you want to complain, complain to him," Iruka said.
Sakura started to stand up.
"Sit down!" Iruka exclaimed.
Then someone knocked on the door.
"Oh, that's right, you can come in," Iruka said as he remembered the new students.
The door opened and the new students entered, drawing the attention of the others. Most of the boys blushed and began to drool over the two new students who were very pretty and had well-developed bodies (something that made most of the girls jealous). When the red-haired boy entered, most of the girls blushed as they drooled. He had heart-shaped eyes. He was much more handsome, tall and muscular compared to the other students in the class.
"Well, you can introduce yourselves," Iruka said to the new students.
"Well, my name is Katsuo Uzumaki. I'm 12 years old. I'm glad to meet you." The red-haired boy introduced himself.
(Uzumaki?) Mito and Natsumi thought.
"This guy is 12 years old?" Naruto asked, not believing Katsuo's height and physique.
"Only if it's from a Ninjaflix series," Sakura said, also in disbelief.
"My name is Yuna Misaki, I'm 12 years old, and I'm Katsuo's FIANCE, nice to meet you," the purple-haired girl introduced herself, smiling, and emphasizing the word "fiancee."
(FIANCE?!) The revelation hurt several boys.
"12 years old is already a fiancee?" Naruto wondered.
"12 years old?! How are her breasts so big?!" Sakura said indignantly.
(Cha! THIS IS THE REAL INJUSTICE!) exclaimed the inner Sakura.
"My name is Miyuki Kitsune, but you can call me Miyu, I'm 12 years old and I'm also Katsuo's fiancee," the white-haired girl said, smiling.
At this point, most of the boys in the class were crying with sadness and envy because those two beautiful girls were engaged to that boy, and some girls were also like that because that handsome and muscular boy had two fiancées much more beautiful than them.
"What do these three eat?" Naruto wondered as he saw the three new students and compared them to the others in the class.
(Cha! How unfair life is!) screamed the inner Sakura.
(Hmm... these three are strong, they are definitely well trained) thought Sasuke as he stared at the three new students.
"Alright, now you can sit down, so we can begin" said Iruka.
The three nodded and went to sit down, passing by Naruto, and this made Katsuo feel a strange feeling again.
Iruka gave a big speech that no one really paid much attention to and started talking about the test.
"This year the graduation exam will be special, more intense and complex, there will be several different tests, first a written test, where there will be several questions about ninja subjects, then we will leave the room and do tests on ninjutsu, genjutsu, kunai and shuriken throwing, and taijutsu.
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(damn, now I've screwed up) Naruto thought.
The written test was extremely difficult for Naruto, but luckily he managed to pass... by one point, surprisingly the new students were the first to finish, finishing in 5 minutes, and they got all the questions right, and left the room to wait for the others outside, when they arrived, they saw the three sleeping together leaning against a tree hugging each other, which increased the feeling of envy of several students.
"God has his favorites" said Kiba frustrated.
After that, it was time for the ninjutsu test, where the students had to do the basic jutsus that they learned at the academy, and could perform an extra jutsu to get more points. These jutsus were substitution, transformation, and cloning. This test wasn't difficult for the students, but most of them only used the academy's jutsus. Sasuke, Menma, Mito, and Natsumi used different jutsus. Sasuke made a fireball, Menma performed a rasengan, Mito used kage bunshing no jutsu, and Natsumi used a wind jutsu that she created herself. These jutsus were surprising. Naruto managed to perform the substitution and transformation jutsu, but he only managed to make a defective clone, something that made some students laugh at him.
"Don't laugh at him..." Hinata said in a low tone as she clenched her fists.
Unfortunately, Naruto was unable to successfully complete the ninjutsu test, as he was unable to perform the cloning jutsu correctly and had no jutsu to show, but he could do the other tests to pass, the problem was that he probably wouldn't be good enough in the other tests, probably only in taijutsu.
"Next, Miyuki Kitsune" said Iruka calling the new student with white hair.
Miyuki, did a transformation jutsu, transforming herself into a tall man wearing a red kimono, he had white hair and blood red eyes just like Miyuki.
"Who is that?" Iruka asked confused.
"That's my dear father" Miyuki replied with a smile.
After that she made clones, but they were shadow clones.
(Does she know this jutsu?) thought Natsumi confused and suspicious.
After that Miyuki performed a substitution jutsu, and then showed a jutsu of her own.
Miyuki made a seal "Raiton: Denki bakuhatsu!" Electricity appeared in two of her fingers, then she fired a lightning bolt that hit a tree, making it explode, impressing most of those present.
(They really are extremely strong, I'll ask Tou-san about them) Natsumi thought.
Katsuo and Yuna also showed themselves to be skilled, Katsuo transformed into his master who trained him for years and Yuna transformed into her mother, but no one knew them, after that they demonstrated incredible jutsus, Yuna made a fireball similar to Sasuke's, but causing much more destruction, and Katsuo used a wind jutsu that made several almost invisible cuts, cutting several trees.
"These three are using a hack, is no one going to ban them from the server?!" Ino shouted indignantly.
Shikamaru sighed "Ino complaining doesn't change anything, and it would be much smarter not to have problems with three people who could easily kill you"
(They are really strong... but not at the level of either of those two...) Sasuke thought.
After that was a genjutsu test, where the students would be placed in a genjutsu, and would have to free themselves as quickly as possible.
(I'll only mention the ones that matter)
Kiba: 11 seconds
Chouji: 10 seconds
Ino: 8.5 seconds
Sakura: 8 seconds
Shikamaru: 7.9 seconds
Hinata: 7.5 seconds
Shino: 7.3 seconds
Menma: 7 seconds
Mito: 6.5 seconds
Natsumi: 6 seconds
Sasuke: 5.8 seconds
Miyuki: 2 seconds
Yuna: 1 second
Katsuo: 0.5 seconds
Iruka, Mizuki (who was helping Iruka during the tests but I didn't mention him) and the students were impressed by how easily the new students got out of the genjutsu.
(hmm... they could have gotten out earlier, they took a little longer to draw less attention) Shikamaru thought.
And then it was Naruto's turn, who approached and stood face to face with Mizuki.
(Naruto-kun, good luck) thought Hinata blushing as she watched Naruto.
"If Mizuki-sensei doesn't deactivate the genjutsu Naruto will never get out" said Kiba smiling.
(he's talking as if he got out of the genjutsu really fast) thought Sakura making a face at Kiba.
Mizuki smiled and used a genjutsu on Naruto.
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"ok, go ahead Mizuki-sensei" Naruto said as he picked his nose.
(...what?) Mizuki thought confused, he was sure he had put Naruto in a genjutsu.
Mizuki tried again... and again... and again... and again...
"How is that possible?!" Mizuki asked irritated that his genjutsu didn't work.
"He can't put Naruto in a genjutsu?" Chouji asked surprised.
"But isn't that impossible?" Ino asked.
"What a drag..." said Shikamaru.
This confused Iruka and most of the students.
(He did it) Hinata thought smiling.
(Mizuki... he seems to despise Naruto) thought Katsuo.
"Well... I guess this means Naruto passed this test as the best" said Iruka surprised and a little happy.
Naruto: 0 seconds.
After that, they did a kunai and shuriken throwing test, each one had 10 kunai and 10 shuriken, and they had to hit targets 10 meters away.
Kiba: shurikens: 6/10 kunais: 5/10 Chouji: shurikens: 5/10 kunais 8/10 Ino: shurikens: 6/10 kunais: 7/10 Sakura: shurikens 7/10 kunais: 8/10 Shikamaru: shuriken: 6/10 kunais: 6/10 Hinata: shurikens: 7/10 kunais: 7/10 Shino: shurikens: 8/10 kunais: 8/10 Menma: 8/10 9/10 Myth: shurikens: 9/10 kunais: 10/10 Natsumi: shurikens: 10/10 kunais: 10/10 Sasuke: shurikens: 10/10 kunai: 10/10
Miyuki: shurikens: 10/10 kunai: 10/10
Yuna: shurikens: 10/10 kunai: 10/10
Katsuo: shurikens: 10/10 kunai: 10/10
And then it was Naruto's turn.
(Good luck Naruto-kun...) Hinata thought.
"Naruto! You better not kill anyone you idiot!" Sakura shouted remembering a time when Naruto missed a kunai that almost hit her in the eye.
(It's okay, I can do it, I've improved my aim a lot this past year) Naruto thought.
Light movement: light throw.
Naruto hit all the targets, but it was with enough force to destroy them surprising most of them.
(I knew he wasn't normal) Katsuo thought seriously.
Mizuki's jaw was about to drop. He had a plan to trick Naruto if he failed the test, but that way Naruto would be able to pass. It was clear that Naruto was getting stronger in the last year, but he never thought it would be at this level.
"Great, now Naruto is also using hacking." Ino crossed her arms.
After that it was time for the taijutsu test, where the students would face each other.
"Is this going to be like a tournament or something?" Ino asked.
"I even thought about it, but I changed my mind. That would be too complicated and would take too long," Iruka said.
"That's right, the chapter is already over 3500 words long and nothing happened," Naruto said, but everyone ignored his comment.
"Each one will fight only once. I will evaluate not only the result, but also the way they both fought," Iruka explained.
(And in most of the fights I will only say the results, and the ones that matter I will describe)
Shino vs Chouji: Shino
Sakura vs Extra: Sakura
"Wow, I almost lost to an extra, I hope I gain an exaggerated power in this story, because it's hard like this" said Sakura a little hurt.
"I should start working out" suggested Naruto.
Hinata vs Ino: Hinata.
Shikamaru vs Kiba: Kiba.
"Hey! What do you mean you give up?!" Kiba asked irritated that Shikamaru gave up.
"Taijutsu is not my strong point, and I already did what I could so they could analyze it, I would only get hurt for nothing" said Shikamaru a little hurt as he walked away.
And then it was Mito and Yuna's turn to face each other, the two assumed fighting stances.
"Ready?" Iruka asked.
"Yes," Mito and Yuna replied.
"Start!" Iruka exclaimed, starting the fight.
Mito ran towards Yuna, trying to hit her with a punch to the face. Yuna tilted her head to the side to avoid the blow, then hit Mito's stomach with a kick, making Mito lose her breath and fly backwards. However, she managed to recover and block a punch from Yuna. It was very strong. Mito moved away, Yuna approached. Mito tried to hit her with a spinning kick, but Yuna defended herself with her forearm. In the movement, she grabbed Mito by the ankle and threw her away. Mito fell to the ground in great pain. She tried to get up, but noticed Yuna approaching with the intention of kicking her. Mito used her arms to block the attack. However, the kick was strong enough for Mito to fly towards a wall of the academy, causing Iruka and most of the students to worry. Katsuo was about to save her, but before that, Naruto appeared and caught Mito before she collided with the concrete wall. "That was too intense, you didn't have to hit her like that, it's just a test" Naruto said to Yuna when he saw Mito's almost unconscious state
"It's not my fault that the hokage's daughter isn't strong enough to fight on equal terms with me" Yuna said without regret.
"Damn you, aren't you even going to apologize?!" Menma shouted angrily at the girl who almost killed his sister in just one test.
"Menma, is enough!" Natsumi shouted.
"is enough? That crazy woman almost killed Mito!" Menma shouted.
"She'll be fine, remember that she heals quickly, complaining won't do any good, and attacking her might end up failing you," Natsumi said, even though deep down she wanted to rip out the throat of that girl who was smiling at her (they are dangerous, if Menma faced them without thinking he could die)
"Please, please, calm down, take Mito to the infirmary, and now listen, this is not a fight to the death, if someone seriously injures one of your classmates you will fail and you will not be a ninja, do you understand?" Iruka warned.
(I should have failed her already) Sakura thought.
"I told you I should ban those three from the server, didn't I?" Ino said with her arms crossed.
(This girl needs to stop playing League of ninjas and Free Katon) Shikamaru thought, shaking his head.
Mito vs Yuna: Yuna
Now Sasuke and Menma would face each other.
"Ready?" Iruka asked.
"Yes," the two replied.
"Start!" Iruka exclaimed.
Menma was the first to attack, trying to hit Sasuke with a series of punches and kicks, but Sasuke managed to dodge and defend his attacks. He took advantage of an opening and hit Menma's face with a punch and then tried to hit him with a spinning kick. However, Menma managed to avoid it by jumping back. Sasuke advanced. Menma managed to dodge and hit Sasuke with a punch to the face, managing to knock the Uchiha to the ground. Menma then attacked Sasuke, who quickly kicked Menma's face, almost breaking his nose. Menma retreated and Sasuke managed to get to his feet. Menma ran to Sasuke, who managed to grab Menma's arm and throw him to the ground, making Menma grunt in pain.
"Ugh... damn..." Menma tried to get up, but couldn't.
"Menma can't get up, Sasuke is the winner," Iruka announced.
Menma vs Sasuke: Sasuke
Natsumi and Miyuki prepared to fight, Natsumi had a serious expression, and Miyuki had a smile.
(They are really very strong, Yuna defeated Mito very easily, Miyuki must be at a similar level, maybe higher, I have to be careful, I will be on the defensive) Natsumi thought.
"Ready?" Iruka asked.
"Yes" Narsumi and Miyuki answered.
"Start!" Iruka exclaimed.
At an impressive speed Miyuki approached, and tried to hit Natsumi with a punch in the face, but Natsumi tilted her head to avoid the attack, and punched Miyuki in the nose, and took the opportunity to move away.
(She is much more intelligent and skilled than her brothers) Katsuo thought.
"Heh, not bad" Miyuki praised.
In the blink of an eye, Miyuki appeared in front of Natsumi and tried to hit her in the face with a spinning kick. Natsumi blocked it, but the kick was strong enough to knock her down.
(She also has incredible strength, she almost broke my arm) Natsumi thought.
Natsumi managed to get up, avoiding a kick from Miyuki.
(She's skilled, fast and strong, trying to fight her with taijutsu wouldn't work, I can't use jutsus in this test...) Natsumi thought as she walked away.
Before Miyuki could continue, Natsumi raised her hand and said:
"I give up, I won't be able to beat her in a taijutsu fight and I'll only hurt myself unnecessarily, I already have enough points to pass" said Natsumi as she walked away.
Natsumi giving up surprised several students who started talking about the subject.
"Natsumi-chan gave up?"
"Those three are monsters!"
"Thank goodness I didn't face any of them"
"The three sons of the Hokage were defeated"
(She really is very different from the others...) Katsuo thought
Katsuo then looked at the other students and saw Naruto who was picking his nose.
"Naruto, how disgusting!" Sakura scolded.
"Oh, I'm going to wash my hands" Naruto defended himself.
"But no one wants to see this!" Sakura shouted.
"But they're not seeing, they're reading" Naruto said.
"YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY!" Sakura shouted, almost pulling her own hair out.
(Konoha is a place full of idiots) Katsuo thought with a sweat in anime style.
After that Mito arrived from the infirmary, she was a little better since she was healing quickly.
"How are you?" Natsumi asked.
"I'm sore, but I've been worse, and how did you guys do?" Mito said.
"W-well, he..." Menma tried to think of an excuse for losing, but Natsumi interrupted him.
"Sasuke kicked Menma's ass, and I had to give up against Miyuki," Natsumi explained.
"You didn't have to say it like that!" Menma exclaimed.
"You gave up, onee-san? You're really strong," Mito said, surprised and confused. Her sister was stronger and more skilled than Mito and Menma combined.
"Yes, those three are really skilled and strong, and I feel like they haven't shown their true abilities yet," Natsumi said with a serious expression and her arms crossed.
"Damn..." Menma clenched his fists in frustration.
"But... who's going to fight now?" Mito asked.
This took Natsumi out of her thoughts, she was so busy thinking about the new students' abilities that she didn't pay attention to how many students didn't fight, and the only two who didn't fight were...
"Now, the fight will be between Katsuo Uzumaki vs Naruto Namikaze Uzumaki!" Iruka announced.
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Natsumi was usually a very calm person and usually had a serious expression, but at that moment her body froze and she had a comical expression, with wide white eyes and an open mouth.
"Finally, showtime" Naruto said as he started walking.
(I'll finally get to see what he's capable of) Katsuo thought as he approached.
"Just try not to hurt him too much Katsuo-kun" Yuna said smiling.
(Naruto-kun, good luck) Hinata thought.
"I bet 300 yen on the new guy"
"The Hokage's loser son would never beat him"
"But his sisters are really pretty"
"What does that have to do with anything?"
"I hope the new guy kills Naruto"
"Me too"
"What a bunch of sons of bitches..." Sakura was about to say something when someone shouted.
"SHUT UP YOU IDIOTS!" Hinata shouted, surprising everyone present.
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"Please?"
Iruka, after regaining his composure, decided to continue with the test, Naruto and Katsuo stood in front of him.
(I hope you die, you brat) Mizuki thought smiling.
"Hmm... now I'm confused about which one I should root for" Menma said with a hand on his chin.
"I don't know... how about rooting for your BROTHER?" Ino asked after listening to Menma.
"Hmm... well Naruto won't have any chance of winning, I wanted to see that show-off Katsuo get beaten up, but seeing Naruto get beaten up will also make me happy" Menma said before receiving a punch to the head.
"You don't have to talk like that either, idiot" Mito said irritated.
"It hurt" Menma said on the floor.
"Onee-san, are you okay?" Mito asked worried for her sister who was holding a kunai and looked ready to kill someone.
(If this bastard hurts my brother too much, I'll rip his balls off and make him eat them) thought Natsumi furiously, causing fear in the people nearby who moved away a little, and Katsuo felt a shiver.
(Onee-san can be scary) thought Menma.
(She's very overprotective of us) thought Mito.
(When will this end? I want to go eat meat) thought Chouji.
"What do you think Sasuke-kun?" asked Sakura blushing.
"Naruto may be an idiot, he may be bad at ninjutsu, he may not know how to use genjutsu or have an effective taijutsu style... but he's strong" Sasuke said.
"Ready?" Iruka asked.
"Yes" Naruto and Katsuo answered, neither of them assumed a combat stance.
"Start" Iruka announced.
Neither of them moved, Katsuo had a serious expression, and Naruto had an expressionless face.
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"Are they going to fight or not?" Kiba asked impatiently.
"They're analyzing each other, waiting for the other to make the first move," Shino commented.
(Katsuo, yes, Naruto must be thinking about what ramen he's going to eat tonight.) Shikamaru thought.
(I think it's going to be tonkatsu ramen tonight.) Naruto thought.
Katsuo, seeing Naruto distracted, decided to attack first. In the blink of an eye, he appeared in front of Naruto, surprising Iruka, Mizuki, and the students. Katsuo tries to punch Naruto in the stomach, but Naruto easily dodges it. He closes his fist and prepares a punch. But Katsuo quickly moves away.
(My body moved on its own.) Katsuo thought in surprise.
Katsuo decided to attack again, and tried to hit him with several quick punches and kicks, but Naruto easily dodged and blocked them. Naruto tried to hit Katsuo with a few punches, but Katsuo managed to dodge them.
"T-this has to be a joke" said Kiba, not believing what he was seeing.
"How is Naruto managing to dodge and defend against this?" Ino said in surprise.
"I didn't know Naruto fought so well" said Chouji
(No, Naruto isn't fighting well, he's just quick to dodge, block and attack, it seems that Naruto trained his body a lot but didn't manage to improve his taijutsu much, he doesn't seem to have had any sensei to train him, he must have trained alone, doing a training that focused mainly on his muscles, if Naruto had a good taijutsu style he would have already won, but it also seems like he's not going all out... what a problematic guy) Shikamaru thought.
"Is he managing to face Katsuo-kun in taijutsu without using a taijutsu style?" asked Yuna in surprise.
"Hmm... that boy in orange is strange" said Miyuki.
Naruto tries to punch Katsuo in the face, but Katsuo dodges and grabs Naruto's arm and slams him against the ground, hard enough to make the ground crack.
"That must have hurt," Menma said as he saw Naruto hit the ground.
"Those crazy people are going to kill us?!" Mito shouted.
(Damn it, Naruto...) Iruka thought worriedly.
"YES!" Mizuki exclaimed happily, making everyone look at him.
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"I found a coin I dropped" Mizuki lied nervously.
"Naruto, can you stand up?" Iruka asked.
"Yes, yes" Naruto stood up and dusted off his clothes.
(He didn't suffer any damage? That blow could have easily broken a jounin's bones) Yuna thought confused.
(That's what I thought, he may not have great ninja skills, but he's still extremely strong physically) Katsuo thought as he watched Naruto dust off his clothes.
"Okay, right..." Before anyone could react Naruto appeared in front of Katsuo "Let's go again"
Katsuo was taken by surprise and jumped back.
(I'll have to take this a little more seriously, I'll release a little more of my power) Katsuo thought.
In less than a blink of an eye, Katsuo appeared in front of Naruto and hit him with an uppercut, making Naruto fly upwards, then with a big jump, he hit Naruto with a kick to the head, making Naruto fall to the ground, causing a crater.
(He got faster and stronger and changed his taijutsu style, who is this guy anyway?) Sasuke thought.
Naruto stood up and stared at Katsuo who seemed to be preparing a blow.
(He plans to use that on this boy?) Yuna thought in disbelief.
Katsuo appeared in front of Naruto preparing to hit Naruto with a punch, but it didn't seem like a normal punch.
Forbidden move: Fist-
Normal punch
"STOP!" Iruka shouted interrupting.
Naruto and Katsuo stopped, one was about to hit the other's face with his fist, Iruka sighed in relief.
"The winner is Katsuo Uzumaki" Iruka announced.
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"What?" Naruto asked confused with wide eyes.
"You stepped out of the circle," Iruka explained.
Naruto looked at his left foot, which was outside the circle drawn on the ground, meaning Naruto had lost.
(idiot) Shikamaru thought.
(idiot) Ino thought
(idiot) Kiba thought
(idiot) Sasuke thought
(idiot) Sakura thought
(idiot) Menma thought
(idiot) Mito thought
(idiot) Yuna thought
(idiot) Miyuki thought
(idiot) Natsumi thought
(I guess I'm an idiot...) Naruto thought.
After that the tests were over, the students were in the classroom waiting for the results, while many talked about the subject.
"I think I did well."
"I don't think I got enough points."
"How long until Iruka-sensei reveals the results?"
"I'm so nervous..."
While some were talking, others were deep in thought.
(I wasted my chance, I should have just beaten that guy with a single punch) Naruto thought in frustration.
(Naruto-kun seems very affected, I should try to say something to cheer him up) Hinata thought as she gathered the courage to approach and say something.
However, before Hinata could approach and say something, Natsumi approached Naruto first.
"Naruto" Natsumi said to get her brother's attention "come with me a minute, I want to talk to you for a minute"
The two left the room, Hinata frowned, after leaving the room, the two moved away a little.
"What do you want, Natsumi?" Naruto asked impatiently.
"I'll be blunt... if you didn't pass this test, you'd better give up on being a ninja."
This comment made Naruto glare at Natsumi angrily.
"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Naruto asked.
"I mean that since you entered the academy, you haven't evolved as a ninja. Today I saw that you improved your physical abilities, but you don't have a good taijutsu style, you're not good at ninjutsu, you don't know how to use genjutsu, you're not good at executing strategies, you don't have chakra control, and you're very careless. You may not have paid attention in Iruka sensei's classes, but ninja missions are no joke. On ninja missions, people get seriously injured, kidnapped, killed, and many bad things happen. You can't just be a "ninja for fun." You don't have ninja talent, Naruto." Natsumi.
Naruto was silent for a few seconds, without changing his expression. Natsumi sighed and put her hand on Naruto's shoulder.
"You're still very young, you're 12 years old, you can dedicate yourself to doing something different, finding something you're good at," Natsumi said to try to cheer Naruto up.
Naruto took Natsumi's hand off his shoulder and simply left. After he walked away, Natsumi sighed.
"Why do I have the feeling that your hobby is watching the other Hyuuga-sans?" Natsumi asked, knowing that Hinata was listening to everything.
Hinata came out from where she was hiding, but she had a serious expression.
"Why did you say that to him? You know he wants to be a ninja, you know he wants to be a hokage," Hinata asked seriously, something rare for her.
"I don't think that's any of your business" Natsumi approached Hinata "This is a family matter... and I don't think you're going to become my sister-in-law"
Hinata blushed at this mention, but kept a serious expression.
"If you keep this up... I don't think he'll want to be part of your family" Hinata said.
Natsumi frowned, but decided to ignore it and go back to the living room.
"Idiot..."
A few seconds later Hinata also went back to the living room.
Naruto didn't return to the classroom after his conversation with Natsumi. He knew he had failed. He barely passed the written test, managed to pass the kunai and shuriken throwing test, and somehow managed to pass the genjutsu test, but failed the ninjutsu and taijutsu tests, which are very important subjects in the ninja academy. Now Naruto was on a swing in front of the academy, watching as the students who passed left with their parents, happy to have become ninjas.
"Do you see him?"
"Is that him? I heard he was the only one who failed."
"Serves him right."
"Just imagine if he had become a ninja."
(My training... was for nothing? My effort was all in vain?...) Naruto thought.
Naruto then saw Minato and Kushina arriving at the academy, and meeting Menma, Mito and Natsumi who had their headbands. The two seemed happy to see their children become ninjas.
"He's the Hokage's failed son"
"He can't even make a clone"
"He's useless"
Naruto noticed someone behind him, and when he looked back he saw that it was Mizuki.
"Mizuki-sensei?" Naruto said confused
Minato approached Iruka.
"Iruka-san would like to talk to you" Minato said.
A few hours passed and the sun was setting, Naruto and Mizuki were on top of a house talking.
"I really tried to convince Iruka-sensei to approve you, but he insisted that you weren't ready" Mizuki said smiling.
"I wouldn't be the first person to say that today" Naruto said.
"It's nothing personal Naruto" Mizuki said.
"Then why just me?" Naruto asked.
"He just wants to make sure you become a strong and capable ninja, but that's never going to happen if he makes things easy. He cares about you a lot. You may have been the closest thing he had to a family." Mizuki explained.
Hearing the word "family," Naruto remembered Natsumi.
"...but I wanted to graduate and become a ninja." Naruto said.
"Hehe...then I guess I'll have to tell you." Mizuki smiled.
"Huh?" Naruto tilted his head in confusion.
"It's a secret, but I'll tell you." Mizuki said.
It was already nighttime. Natsumi was standing there staring at the door of her house.
"She hasn't moved in 40 minutes." Menma said.
"I wonder if she's alive?" Mito asked.
Kushina worriedly decided to ask.
"Natsumi-chan, what are you doing?" Kushina asked.
"Naruto hasn't arrived yet," Natsumi replied without turning around.
When she heard that name, Kushina felt a little sad, but she sighed. Apparently, Naruto had failed. They didn't find him when they arrived at the academy. Kushina felt bad. Maybe if they had trained Naruto...
"Okaa-san..." Natsumi said, catching Kushina's attention.
"What?" Kushina asked.
"Being a ninja is extremely dangerous, isn't it?" Natsumi asked.
Kushina took a few seconds to answer. "Yes, as your father and I have said many times, being a ninja is dangerous, and even powerful ninjas can be killed if they are careless," Kushina said.
"Okay, just to be sure," Natsumi said, without looking away from the door.
"It won't be a problem for me. I'm very strong," Menma said, smiling.
"Said the guy who got beaten up by Sasuke twice in one week," Mito said, smiling.
"What are you talking about? You almost died today!" Menma shouted.
"But I didn't get beaten up by the same person twice in the same week," Mito said smiling.
"Wait, what's this story about you almost dying?" Kushina asked.
Meanwhile, Iruka was at home, lying on his bed while thinking about Naruto and the conversation he had with Minato.
Flashback...
Iruka was in the Hokage's office talking to Minato.
"Iruka Umino, I'm glad you trained and took care of my children during their time at the academy," Minato said smiling.
"Oh, it's okay, Hokage-sama, the end is my job," Iruka said.
"Yes... but I wanted to talk about one of my children in particular... Naruto," Minato said more seriously.
"... Sir, unfortunately I don't think Naruto is ready to be a ninja," Iruka said, looking down.
"I know... when my children were 6 years old, Menma and Mito started training, because they had Kyuubi's chakra and needed to learn how to control it, we focused on training just the two of them for 2 years, then we made the decision to train Naruto and Natsumi, from the first day of training Natsumi proved to be a prodigy, she had more talent than Menma and Mito, more talented than me, on the other hand... Naruto wasn't managing, he had difficulty using and controlling his chakra, and the training seemed to be very difficult for him, our son had no talent as a ninja, so he couldn't train with his brothers anymore, over time we ended up distancing ourselves from him without realizing it, when we realized it was too late, we couldn't connect with him, Menma seems to have some anger towards him for some reason he doesn't want to talk about, Mito doesn't seem to care, Natsumi... it's hard to know, she spends most of her time training and studying, she's also a bit distant from the rest of the family" Minato explained his family's situation.
Iruka took a few moments to process everything Minsto had said. Iruka had noticed in his classes that Menma sometimes teased Naruto and insulted him, Mito rarely spoke to him, and it was usually just a few words, and Natsumi... was distant with everyone, including Menma and Mito, but didn't seem to have any problems with Naruto. However, she didn't interact much with him, and sometimes when they did, she did. When he got hurt, she took him to the infirmary, and reprimanded Menma when he insulted Naruto. However, she was protective of her other siblings.
"Maybe if we had tried harder to train Naruto or at least got him a tutor... but honestly, I think it might have been better this way. At least that way he wouldn't be at risk," Minato said, trying to see a bright side to all this.
"... hokage-sama," Iruka caught Minato's attention.
Knock knock knock
Iruka's thoughts were interrupted by someone knocking on his door. Iruka got up and went to the door. When he opened it, he saw Mizuki.
"Mizuki, I already told you not to come asking me for money in the middle of the night. I'm not going to lend you money to drink until 4:00 AM." Iruka said angrily.
"That's not it. Iruka... Hey, wait, you're exaggerating. I'm not like that anymore. Now I only drink when I smoke." Mizuki defended himself.
"But you're always smoking!" Iruka exclaimed.
"Don't change the subject, Iruka! Yomdaime-sama wants to see you right away. It's about Naruto. He stole the sacred scroll." Mizuki said, surprising Iruka.
"He stole the sealing scroll!?" Iruka exclaimed in disbelief.
Meanwhile, Naruto was hiding in a part of Konoha away from the houses, while reading the sacred scroll.
"Okay... the first jutsu is kage bushing no jutsu... oh no..." Naruto said as he read what the jutsu was.
In front of the Hokage tower, several ninjas were gathered and talking to Minato about the matter.
"Hokage-sama, your son did not commit a prank, it is a very serious crime!"
"This scroll contains secrets that were sealed by the first Hokage, very important secrets for Konoha!"
"If it falls into the wrong hands, it could destroy our lives!"
Minato hesitated for a few seconds before saying:
"Alright, bring Naruto immediately," Minato said.
"Yes sir!" said the ninjas before leaving to find Naruto.
Iruka began to search for Naruto desperately, he had to find Naruto before another ninja found him.
(Where are you, Naruto?) Iruka thought as he looked around.
Meanwhile, Mizuki was also looking for Naruto with a smile on her face.
(Now that I've told everyone what Naruto did, I can finish him off. Everyone will be happy with his death. Of course, the scroll will be all mine.) Mizuki thought, smiling.
Meanwhile...
Mito and Menma were scared and worried about Natsumi, who hadn't moved for hours, and suddenly started to shake.
"I'm going to kill Mizuki..." Natsumi whispered.
(How scary...) Mito and Menma thought.
Iruka kept looking for Naruto. He was tired, but he had to increase his speed.
(Naruto... he wouldn't do this without a reason. He would never steal the scroll just to gain power. That's not the Naruto I know.) Iruka thought as he ran desperately.
Iruka started to remember the moments he spent with Naruto, like one of the classes where Naruto did a transformation jutsu.
"Transformation!" Naruto exclaimed, executing the jutsu.
However, Naruto did not transform into Iruka like most of the other students, he transformed into an adult, female version of himself (or adult Natsumi) with a well-developed body and naked, surprising Iruka and the rest of the class, and making Iruka and most of the boys present bleed from their noses and fly away.
Naruto returned to normal and started laughing "hahaha! Did you like my "sexy jutsu"?" Naruto asked smiling.
Iruka recovered, put paper on his nose to stop the bleeding, approached Naruto in a blink of an eye and shouted "ENOUGH WITH THE STUPID TRICKS! THIS IS MY FINAL WARNING!!!!"
Iruka remembered Naruto cleaning the Hokage monument after he had painted their faces.
"You're not going home until you've cleaned every last drop of paint!" Iruka said as he watched Naruto clean.
"Okay, fine, it's not like they're waiting for me there anyway!" Naruto said as he cleaned.
Iruka remembered that after that they went to eat ramen at Ichiraku's, and while Naruto was eating, Iruka decided to ask.
"Naruto" Iruka said to get his attention
"Huh?" Naruto said with ramen in his mouth.
"Why did you do that to the hokage's faces? Don't you know who they were? Don't you?" Iruka asked.
Naruka swallowed the ramen in his mouth and said "Yes, I know, they were the best shinobi of their generation, the strongest and most skilled, invincible ninja champions"
"Then why?" Iruka asked.
"Because I'm going to be better and stronger than all of them, me, Naruto, the next hokage! A ninja legend! People will stop looking down on me and look at me not as the hokage's failed son, but as someone important, dattebayo!" Naruto exclaimed.
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"Oh, and one more thing, I wanted to ask you a favor sensei" Naruto said.
"Want another bowl?" Iruka asked.
"No, I... wanted to try on your headband, please..." Naruto asked.
Iruka smiled and touched his headband "That? No way, you'll only be able to wear a headband when you graduate from the academy and become a ninja, you need to pass the test tomorrow"
"That's not fair" Naruto complained.
Iruka laughed "hahaha, is that why you took off your glasses?" Iruka asked smiling.
"Oh, I want another bowl"
Iruka laughed.
Now Naruto was in the same place as before, but now the scroll was on his back.
"I finally got it," Naruto said, smiling a little, before noticing someone approaching.
"Now it's over, hehehe..." said Iruka, laughing tiredly.
Naruto laughed a little confusing Iruka.
"You already found me, not bad, you were fast sensei, I only had time to learn one jutsu" Naruto said standing up.
(Has he been training? Looks like he's tried hard) Iruka thought.
"Listen Iruka-sensei, I'm going to show you this incredible jutsu that I just learned and everything will be fine, that's how it works, isn't it? Whoever learns a jutsu from the scroll passes" said Naruto looking excited.
Iruka became more confused "who told you that?"
"Mizuki-sensei told me, he told me where to find the scroll and about this place" Naruto explained.
(Mizuki?) Iruka thought shocked, before realizing something, "Watch out!" Iruka shouted before pushing Naruto out of the way.
Iruka ended up crashing into the wall of a cabin, with a kunai in his leg and several others around him.
"Looks like he found our hiding place"
"So that was it, wasn't it? I should have known..." said Iruka seeing Mizuki on top of a tree with two large shurikens tied to her back.
"Naruto, hand me the scroll now!" Mizuki exclaimed.
"Wait, what's going on?" asked Naruto confused.
Iruka took out the kunai that was in his leg "Naruto, don't let Mizuki get the scroll, it contains forbidden jutsus that could put the village in great danger! Mizuki used you to steal the scroll for him, for his own power!" Iruka explained.
Naruto stared at Mizuki with a serious expression.
"You know what Naruto... Iruka just wants to scare you because he doesn't want you to keep the scroll" said Mizuki.
"What?" said Naruto confused.
"Stop lying Mizuki! Don't let him fool you Naruto!" Iruka shouted.
"Hehehe... I'll tell you who's really lying here..." Mizuki said smiling.
"Enough Mizuki!" Iruka shouted.
"Naruto, you really don't know how the ninja world works, someone without talent like you will never be accepted as a ninja, especially someone of your status" said Mizuki.
"My status?" Naruto was becoming more and more confused.
"SHUT UP! DON'T TALK NONSENSE!" Iruka shouted desperately.
"Among the 4 children of the Hokage who saved the village, and of a woman descendant of one of the most powerful clans in history, two ninjas respected and feared throughout the world, you are the only one without anything special, you don't have the fox's chakra, you don't have the Uzumaki chains, you don't have a large amount of chakra, you don't have Natsumi's impressive talent, you are an embarrassment to them, don't you think it's strange how they treat you? Your parents always forget about you, Mito pretends you don't exist, Natsumi ignores you, Menma seems to hate you just because you're alive!" exclaimed Mizuki almost laughing.
Naruto gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly (no... no, no, no, no!)
(Naruto...) Iruka thought.
"That's why you'll never be accepted, by anyone in your family, nor anyone in the village, even your dear sensei thinks you're useless!" Mizuki exclaimed.
Iruka tried to get closer to Naruto, feeling the pain from his leg that had been hit by the kunai, and remembered his conversation with Minato.
"Hokage-sama... Naruto may not be good at ninja matters, but I'm sure of one thing... he's not weak... since he entered the academy I saw him trying hard, doing the best he could, and despite having ninja difficulties he managed to find a way to compensate for it, if he had won that fight, or managed to perform the cloning jutsu he would have been able to become a ninja, and with a jounin-sensei he could greatly improve his ninja skills" said Iruka.
Minato was silent for a few seconds before saying something.
"Iruka... Naruto feels like no one in our family cares about him, people insult him and look down on him without him having done anything wrong, I noticed that he had no friends at the academy, I noticed that many people don't even look at him, when friends visit our house they ask about Mito, they ask about Menma, and they ask about Natsumi, but I've never seen anyone ask "how is Naruto?", and the worst of all is that if they asked me I wouldn't know how to answer in a good way, people either despise him or ignore him, that's why he always makes jokes and pranks, so that people notice him, and I felt that the day he painted the Hokage monument, he wanted me to see it too, he may not show it, but I know he's always thinking about what it would be like if he had talent like his brothers, and wondering if then we would be a united family... and for that I have to say... thank you for always taking care of Naruto" Minato thanked with an expression sad, but with a small smile.
Mizuki took out one of the giant shurikens on his back "time to die Naruto!" Mizuki shouted before throwing the shuriken at Naruto.
Naruto didn't bother to dodge or defend himself.
"NARUTO GET DOWN!" Iruka shouted.
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Iruka was on top of Naruto, with the giant shuriken piercing his back.
"ugh..." Iruka grunted in pain, as some of his blood fell onto Naruto's face.
Naruto and Mizuki were surprised.
"Why?..." Naruto asked in disbelief.
"Why... why... why are we the same... when I lost my parents, no one cared about me... they had no time for me, they forgot I existed... my grades dropped, I became the class clown, I just wanted them to see me and know my name... but school wasn't enough to get their attention, so I did a lot of crazy things... and I had to pay for it... that was hard... I know how you feel Naruto... you feel lonely and it hurts inside... I could have done more for you... I could have helped you master the cloning jutsu... to master the basic taijutsu style of the academy... I could have given you better advice... but I... I abandoned you Naruto... I abandoned you like everyone else... I'm sorry... no one should be isolated like that... no one should be alone like that..." said Iruka as he cried.
Naruto didn't know what to say, he remained still and silent, until Mizuki decided to speak.
"Don't make me laugh! Iruka has always hated you! You're just a failed student who got into trouble, he would say anything to take the scroll from you!" Mizuki said.
Naruto didn't say anything, he just ran away.
"Naruto!" Iruka shouted as he saw Naruto walking away "NARUTO!" Iruka called, extending his hand helplessly.
Mizuki climbed down from the tree and laughed, "You know that when he decides something, no one can make him change his mind. He's going to use the scroll to get revenge on the village. You saw the look in his eyes, didn't you? That's the look of hatred and resentment of someone seeking revenge."
Iruka removed the shuriken from his back and managed to get up.
"Naruto... IT'S NOT LIKE THAT!" Iruka shouted, throwing the shuriken at Mizuki.
Mizuki dodged the shuriken easily.
"You're nothing but a joke, after I finish off Naruto and get the scroll, I'll come back here to finish you off" Mizuki said before leaving.
"I won't let you..." said Iruka.
Meanwhile Minato was in a room, observing everything through a crystal ball.
(This could end badly, Mizuki said too much and made Naruto feel bad, worse than ever, this could have awakened all the hatred and resentment that Naruto has held for years, if Naruto tries to leave the village with this scroll... I will have to intervene as a hokage) thought Minato.
Suddenly a man with white hair and a mask enters.
"Sensei, I heard that... this is a crystal ball?" Kakashi asked as he noticed the object.
"Ah, yes, it's something that Hiruzen had shown me years ago, he used it to monitor people in the village, it's possible to observe anyone, even if they're running or very far away, cool huh?" Minato said as he showed the crystal ball.
"I don't even want to know what Sandaime had in the history of this crystal ball... hey, wait, couldn't this be something extremely useful for finding criminals, renegade ninjas and kidnapped ninjas on missions? Why have we never used this before?" asked Kakashi confused.
"That's a great question Kakashi," Minato said seriously.
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"And...?" Kakashi asked for Minato to continue.
"I don't know, I just said it's a great question," Minato admitted.
Meanwhile Naruto was running, jumping from tree to tree, until Iruka caught up with him.
"Naruto! Everything Mizuki said is a lie! Give me the scroll quickly! He's coming after you to get it!" Iruka shouted as he followed Naruto.
Naruto stopped, but jumped towards Iruka and hit him in the stomach with a punch, making them both fall to the ground.
"ugh... how did you find out Naruto? How did you find out" Mizuki undoes the transformation jutsu "that it was me and not Iruka?"
Naruto laughed a little, and undid the transformation jutsu revealing himself to be Iruka "because I'm Iruka"
Mizuki stood up "You're an idiot, why are you protecting that useless guy? He's just a talentless troublemaker"
"No matter what you say, you won't put your hands on the scroll," Iruka said.
Naruro was behind a nearby tree and listened to the conversation.
"And who's going to stop me, don't you realize that Naruto is just like me?" Mizuki asked.
"What do you mean?" Iruka asked.
"He wants the scroll for his own power and his own revenge, so are the beasts, he will put all his fury into the scroll and destroy everything!" Mizuki exclaimed.
"You're right..." Iruka said.
Naruto was surprised when he heard this.
(So that's it... Iruka-sensei never believed in me... he thinks I'm useless... a failure...) Naruto thought leaning against the tree.
"That's how beasts are... but Naruto isn't like that, he's nothing like that, Naruto is special, he works hard, he puts his heart into things, of course he makes mistakes and gets angry sometimes, but suffering makes him stronger... normally people who suffer, whether a lot or a little, always have something in common, Naruto could hate his family, he could hate his colleagues at the academy, he could hate everyone in the village, but he never hated them, he could hold a grudge, he could become someone who is always serious and aggressive, but he didn't, he could want to become strong to get revenge on Konoha, but he becomes strong to protect it, Naruto isn't someone who holds a grudge, he's not an edgy emo who always needs to belittle others and want to show himself superior, he's not someone who's vengeful and he's definitely not useless... no, Naruto is an idiot, an idiot with a good heart, who can endure something that no one else would, who even in the greatest of difficulties can still smile, who can help someone who mistreated him since he was a child, someone who has empathy, and who knows that anyone can change if they want to, who wears a flashy orange outfit, despite being a ninja, who eats ramen every day, and who always strives to achieve his goals... that's the real Naruto" Iruka said smiling.
Naruto, who was listening to everything, held the scroll tighter and felt tears streaming down his face.
"... but is he really a stinky otaku, making a super emotional speech after more than 9000 words? You know Iruka I was going to leave you for last, but I changed my mind, I'm going to kill you now!" exclaimed Mizuki about to throw another shuriken.
(So that's it...) Iruka thought smiling, accepting his death.
Mizuki threw the shuriken at Iruka, but it never hit him.
"Are you okay sensei?"
"Naruto..." said Iruka in surprise seeing Naruto who had stopped the giant shuriken with just one hand.
"Don't worry..." Naruto destroyed the shuriken with the strength of his grip. "This won't take long," Naruto said seriously as he approached Mizuki.
"Hey, not bad for a brat," Mizuki said.
"I'm usually calm, but if you touch my sensei... I'll kill you!" Naruto exclaimed seriously as he clenched his fist.
"Those are nice words, but I can finish you off with a simple punch!" Mizuki exclaimed.
"I'm the one who does this, but today I want to do something different, this time I'm going to multiply the punch by a thousand!" Naruto said preparing to do a jutsu.
"So come on, show me what you can do, you failed son of the hokage!" Mizuki shouted.
"Kage bushing no jutsu!" Naruto exclaimed.
(what?) thought Iruka in surprise.
Naruto made clones, many clones, there were 1,000 Narutos surrounding Mizuki.
(Incredible... neither Mito, nor Menma, nor Natsumi can make so many clones at once, he managed to perform this advanced jutsu by training alone, and he did it better than anyone!) thought Iruka, impressed.
Upon seeing Naruto's army, Mizuki lost all confidence and began to tremble with fear, and fell to the ground.
"I'll give you the honor of being the first to get hit for the protagonist!"
"may come"
"If you don't come, we'll come to you!"
Special Move: Omni-directional Light Punches
All the Narutos went to Mizuki attacking him from all directions.
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Mizuki was on the ground unconscious, with several broken bones, more dead than alive.
"Wow, I doubt I'll appear in this story again after this" Nwruto commented upon seeing Mizuki's state
(It's incredible, he said he would surpass all the hokages, I'm starting to believe he can do it...) Iruka thought "Naruto, come here, I want to give you something"
Meanwhile, several ninjas were outside the Hokage tower, while Minato.
"Nobody managed to find Naruto?"
"no"
"This is not good, we need to find him somehow"
"How is it possible that we ninjas trained for years can't find a blond brat wearing orange with a scroll that is almost his size?"
Minato approached "you don't need to worry anymore"
This confused the ninjas who looked at the yondaime in confusion.
"The scroll is saved, Naruto will be back soon" Minato said smiling.
Meanwhile Naruto had his eyes closed, feeling something on his forehead.
"Sensei, is there much time left?" Naruto asked.
"Alright, you can open your eyes now," said Iruka.
When Naruto opened his eyes he noticed that Iruka wasn't wearing a bandana, he was smiling, while holding Naruto's glasses.
"Congratulations, you passed" Iruka said smiling.
Naruto was surprised.
"And to celebrate, how about we eat ramen tonight? It's on me," Iruka said with a smile.
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Naruto hugged Iruka tightly, making the chunnin laugh and grunt in pain.
"Take it easy Naruto or you'll end up breaking me in half" said Iruka as Naruto hugged him.
(Naruto, the life of a ninja is dangerous, even powerful ninjas can be killed if they are careless, but I have a feeling I don't need to worry so much for you) thought Iruka.
When Naruto arrived home, it was already dawn, when he opened the door, he found Natsumi with dark circles staring into his soul.
"Where were you? I was worried, were you hurt? Where were you? Did it have something to do with Mizuki? Were you with some girl? Who do I have to kill?" said Natsumi, worrying Naruto, Menma and Mito, who had just woken up and saw that their older sister remained standing in front of the door until Naruto arrived.
(Onee-san is scary when she gets protective, but this is a new level) Menma thought in fear.
(I think I'd rather not have anyone waiting for me at home) Naruto thought.
"Hey... what's that on your forehead?" Mito asked noticing Naruto's bandana.
Naruto smiled "That's it? Do you need glasses dear sister? Don't you see my headband?"
Natsumi's eyes widened, "What? That means..."
"That's it, now I'm a ninja" Naruto confirmed smiling with his arms crossed.
After hearing this Natsumi fainted.
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"Ok," he said with a neutral expression.
Well, this first chapter ended up being MUCH longer than I thought, I didn't imagine it would have more than 10,000 words, but I kept adding a lot of characters, I started several plots, and it ended up being incredibly long.
I wanted to clarify some things about this fanfic, in this chapter I will only clarify about Naruto and his family.
Naruto: I wanted to make a Naruto similar to the original, I don't like it when fanfics make a Naruto that doesn't look like Naruto, he has the same size, appearance, hair and clothes as the original Naruto, but he has some differences from the original, some of which are because I also based him on Saitama, I thought about making him have no chakra because he broke his limiter, but I decided to leave him with chakra, anyway he won't have many jutsus and won't use them often, at the moment he has been training for over a year, and is already very strong, fast and resistant, and immune to genjutsus, originally it would be 3 years, and there would be 3 special chapters for each year, but I decided that he would start with 1 year of training, because I want to adapt Shippuden and with 5 years of training it would be difficult to control for the fanfic, he doesn't have either Kurama's chakra or soul.
Menma: I wanted to make an arrogant Menma, but not as much as in other fanfics, here he is much more bearable, he is very skilled for his age, he had a rivalry with Sasuke, and he also likes Hinata, but she does not reciprocate his feelings, he always ends up arguing with Mito, he respects his parents and his sister Natsumi a lot, he has many things in common with Naruto although he hates being compared to him, he likes to draw and paint, but he seems to dislike Naruto, Menma has half of Kurama's chakra
Mito: she is very intelligent, an expert in kenjutsu, Mito has more chakra than Menma, Mito is Ino's friend, she is always willing to help, she helps her mother with the housework, she likes to tease Menma, she respects Natsumi a lot, but is very indifferent towards Naruto, she likes to sing and has the other half of Kurama's chakra.
Natsumi: Natsumi is an intelligent, strong, responsible, polite and brave girl, and usually prefers to be alone, studying or training, she doesn't interact much with other people, not even her parents or siblings, she is very good at taijutsu, kenjutsu, genjutsu and ninjutsu, an incredible prodigy, although it doesn't seem like it she cares much about her siblings, being very protective, especially with Naruto, because when they were children Naruto was the weakest, so Natsumi focused on protecting him, she didn't want her brother to become a ninja and she doesn't like Hinata, and she is good at dancing.
Kushina and Minato are not as neglectful with Naruto as in other fanfics, although they can still forget about him sometimes, they focused a lot on training their other children and distanced themselves from Naruto, when they realized it was too late and they couldn't connect anymore, they still try to start conversations with Naruto from time to time, but they end up getting uncomfortable.
Fun Facts:
Naruto, Menma, Mito and Natsumi are all the same height, but are short for their age.
I wanted to make each of Naruto's siblings have their own personality, and each one would act differently towards him.
The four of them like to play pranks, even though Natsumi won't admit it.
Natsumi traumatized three boys who convinced Naruto to enter the Forest of Death using genjutsu.